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New Power-Free and Ultra-Fast Way of Frequency Tuning Using Functional Nanowires

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists from the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a power-free and ultra-fast approach to frequency tuning with the help of functional...

Mar 21, 2022

Nano-Improvements to Rheumatoid Arthritis Stem Cell Therapy Show Success

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An article published in the journal Biomaterials shows that CuS@MnO2 nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized with a short bacteriophage-selected mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) targeting peptide allowed the...

Mar 21, 2022

Researchers develop 'corrosion-free' copper thin films

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Copper (Cu) is of fundamental importance to our daily lives due to its excellent electrical conductivity, as well as other valuable physical properties, such as the ability to draw copper into thin wires. Cu is the metal that is at the heart of th...

Mar 21, 2022

Enhancing the Fluorescence of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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A recent study available as a pre-proof in the journal Carbon examines the plasmonic effects of silver and gold nanoparticles of different geometries to regulate and improve the fluorescence intensity...

Mar 21, 2022

Characterizing super-semi sandwiches for quantum computing

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Semiconductors are the foundation of modern technology while superconductors with their zero electrical resistance could become the basis for future technologies, including quantum computers. So-called 'hybrid structures' -- carefully cr...

Mar 21, 2022

Stretchable extracellular matrix membrane for in vitro barrier models

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A joint research team develops robust and stretchable extracellular matrix (ECM) membrane reinforced by nanofiber scaffolds.

Mar 21, 2022

Silicon-Vacancy Nanodiamonds See Live Cells in New Light

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In a study published in the journal Nano Letters, novel cell imaging uses for nanodiamonds (NDs) with Si-vacancy cores (SiV) were investigated using high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT)...

Mar 21, 2022

3D-Printed Graphene Device Can Kill SARS-CoV-2 with Sunlight

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Researchers have released a paper available as a pre-proof in the journal Carbon that demonstrated sunlight-activated sterilization of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)...

Mar 21, 2022

A unimorph nanocomposite dielectric elastomer for large-scale actuation

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Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) can undergo large, reversible in-plane deformation. In a new report now published in Science Advances, Junhong Pu and a team of scientists in soft materials research and polymer science at the University of Ca...

Mar 21, 2022

Graphene Biomaterials to Help Advance Soft Tissue Engineering

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In a review article published recently in the MDPI journal materials, the architecture and characteristics of common graphene-based nanomaterials (GBNs) were discussed, as well as the advances in...

Mar 21, 2022

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